(GLEN COVE, NY) Tracy Garrison-Feinberg, Senior Program Associate at Facing History and Ourselves in New York, has been named the new Director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County’s (HMTC) Claire Friedlander Education Institute.
 Tracy Garrison-Feinberg, Senior Program Associate at Facing History and Ourselves in New York and new Director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County’s (HMTC) Claire Friedlander Education Institute. |
Garrison-Feinberg will be responsible for creating the vision and strategic plan for the Claire Friedlander Education Institute, including the implementation of education programs to increase awareness in our schools and communities about the causes and consequences of racism, anti-Semitism, intolerance and indifference during the Holocaust and universal lessons to be acted upon.
Steven Markowitz, HMTC Chairman, commented on the appointment, “Tracy has developed some of the most thoughtful and inspired programming in the field and has worked extensively with numerous educational institutions and a broad range of educators and key stakeholders in the Long Island community. In addition, she brings considerable writing, publication, and teaching experience. I am delighted that Tracy will be joining us and am certain that she will lead the HMTC to new heights.”
Garrison-Feinberg stated, ““I am honored to be offered the opportunity to assist the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County in taking such a well-respected organization to the next level. To have the opportunity to develop the Claire Friedlander Education Institute’s education programs across Long Island and beyond is very exciting.”
With building already underway, the Claire Friedlander Education Institute is scheduled to open in January 2014. Generously funded by the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation, the foundation was established by Claire Friedlander, a Holocaust Survivor, whose life was saved by people who took a stand against prejudice. “Tracy’s appointment will make a tremendous impact on the HMTC to expand its programs within the existing structure in Claire’s name,” said Peter Klein, Claire Friedlander Family Foundation President.
About Tracy Garrison-Feinberg
Tracy Garrison-Feinberg taught social studies and United States History at the high school and community college level in Austin, Texas, before joining the staff of Facing History and Ourselves in 1995. Founded in 1976, Facing History and Ourselves offers education programs throughout the United States and abroad to combat racism, anti-Semitism and prejudice. Tracy has facilitated workshops and summer seminars for secondary school educators on genocide and Holocaust studies, the Eugenics movement, human rights and civil rights.
Tracy is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, earning a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and a master’s degree in U.S. History. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and daughter, serves on the executive committee of the PTA at her daughter’s school, is a board member of the New York chapter of the Texas Exes (alumni organization of the University of Texas), and sings with the Oratory Choir at St. Boniface in Brooklyn and the Gotham Rock Choir in Manhattan.
About the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County is the pre-eminent Holocaust resource on Long Island, with a contemporary museum and is one of the largest and most comprehensive education program providers in the region. Since 2007, nearly 210,000 students, educators, employers and law enforcement personnel have participated in the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center’s education programs.
With the Louis Posner Memorial Library, the Center offers over 7,000 volumes of Holocaust, genocide, multicultural, anti-bias and anti-bullying material for youth and adults, from Kindergarten through post-graduate researchers. It is the largest such collection on Long Island.
Additional information is available online at: www.holocaust-nassau.org
For more information about this release and the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, please contact:
Contact: Jennifer Carpenter Low
Cell Phone: (516) 658-3249
Email: jenniferlow@holocaust-nassau.org
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
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Glen Cove, New York 11542
(516) 571-8040 x107
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